As a member of the Growth Policy Steering Committee, I’m pleased to announce the release of the first draft of the new Great Falls Growth Policy. You can find it here and offer your own comments and input in this user friendly, searchable format which allows you to go directly to the parts of the…
Editors note: The following is a guest article submitted by Theodore Bacon. It only takes a small degree of casual observation to see that the quality of a university education and the students it produces has been on decline for several decades now. This is in no means unique to higher education, as k-12 seems…
Editors note: The ‘bootlicking’ image used here is a screenshot from a video Taylor posted on one of her public Facebook pages in which she attempts to smear Great Falls city commissioner Rick Tryon as a Nazi/racist/fascist. The image is not manipulated or PhotoShopped in any way as Taylor has previously tried to imply. As…
I have been asked several times recently about the new Great Falls fireworks restriction ordinance that voters will be voting on in this municipal election. If a majority votes ‘YES’, then the new restrictions would mean, basically, that “…fireworks designed to leave the ground, such as rockets,shells, cakes, missiles, and roman candles; and 2) fireworksdesigned…
Editors note: On this day that our country celebrates a national holiday dedicated to honor one of the past’s greatest explorers. Some would like to denigrate the accomplishment of Christopher Columbus by attaching woke moralistic views of today to those of 500 years ago through revisionist history. Think for a moment what today’s moral evaluations…
E-City Beat recently received a photo of Great Falls Mayor candidate Jasmine Taylor holding a half-full weed pipe and lighter – apparently this photo has been making the rounds on social media. That Taylor is a weed user is not too surprising, recreational marijuana use is legal and there are adults in Great Falls who…
It’s no longer surprising to anyone in Great Falls, or America, how far the ‘progressive left’ has devolved into hatred and vile political speech which, as we have all seen recently, incites violence. And it’s especially sad and disappointing to see what the once commonsense, working class local Democrat party has become. I’m talking about…
They say all politics is local, which may not be entirely true because national politics certainly impacts those of us who live in Montana, but when national politics becomes so hateful in local people it becomes more painful and disturbing, because those people commenting on national issues are those we live with and work with…
As I was reading through the meeting minutes from various City of Great Falls advisory and governing boards, I noticed that at its Tuesday, July 22, 2025, meeting, the Great Falls Public Library Board of Trustees voted 4–1 to give Library Director Susie McIntyre a salary raise of $11,809. This action was taken after Ms….
A Great Falls commission/mayor forum hosted by the Great Falls Association of Realtors was attended by all of the candidates – except mayoral hopeful Jasmine Taylor. She claims that she had no clue there was a forum scheduled and never received the email notice because it was sent to the wrong email address. It’s unfortunate…